123. The General (1926)

SpyHards - A Spy Movie Podcast

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative David Lowbridge-Ellis of the Licence to Queer blog, ride a stolen locomotive off a collapsing bridge with Buster Keaton's groundbreaking 1926 Civil War silent film The General.  

Directed by Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton. Starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Frank Barnes and Charles Smith.

David's writing can be found at Licence to Queer. The Licence to Queer podcast is available on all major platforms. 

Cam's list of The 5 Greatest Train Thrillers can be viewed on his blog.

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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Theme music by Doug Astley.

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